Carol's Notebook

I was finally catching up on my blog reading and ran across some giveaways I wanted to let you know about. If there're any others I should add, please let me know in the comments. My current giveaways are listed on my sidebar. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie S. Klinger, at Bookish Ruth (ends May 31, US and Canada) The Frenchman’s Creek and My Cousin Rachel, both by Daphne du Maurier, at Passages to the Past (ends May 27, US and Canada) Best Intentions by Emily Listfield, at Pipin’s Lair (ends May 30, US and Canada) April and Oliver by Tess Callahan, at A Novel Menagerie (ends May 28) The Frenchman’s Creek and My Cousin Rachel, both by Daphne du Maurier, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends May 30, US and Canada) The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa, at Cheryl’s Book Nook (ends May 29, US and Canada) One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon, at Cheryl’s Book Nook...

You won The Man's Book by Thomas Fink. Belinda McNabb jacque amandasue Summer King of the knot people I will be e-mailing you later today. I'll just need your mailing address so I can pass it on to Hachette Book Group. I hope you enjoy the book and maybe even find something useful in it....

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Description: Pendergast—the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent—returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private—and decidedly unorthodox—quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived. The Giveaway I'm giving away two audiobook copies of Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. To enter, just leave me a comment below. Sharing somewhere, somehow, will get you a second entry, just let me know. This contest will run through June 3 and I will announce the winners on June 4. The giveaway is courtesy of Hachette Book Group, so I have to restrict it to the...

The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly Description: Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet made his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. Including Jack's. The Giveaway I'm giving away two audiobook copies of The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. To enter, just leave me a comment below. Sharing somewhere, somehow, will get you a second entry, just let me know. This contest will run through June 2 and I will announce the winners on June 3. The giveaway...